• U.S. government charges Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud in CIA attack (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:07:01 EDT)
  The U.S. government designated the Pakistani Taliban a terrorist group Wednesday and charged its leader, Hakimullah Mehsud, with involvement in a December suicide bombing that killed seven Americans at a remote CIA operating base in Afghanistan.
  
  
  Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - Afghanistan - Pakistan - Asia - Politics
  
• Former Lehman Brothers CEO Fuld: U.S. regulators acted on 'flawed information' (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:10:01 EDT)
  U.S. regulators acting on "flawed information" denied Lehman Brothers the bailout assistance that its Wall Street competitors received, dooming the investment bank to collapse, former company chief executive Richard S. Fuld said Wednesday.
  
  
  Lehman Brothers - Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission - Financial crisis - Richard Fuld - Business
  
• SAIC reports 54 percent growth in second-quarter profit (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:02:01 EDT)
  Government contractor Science Applications International Corp. says its second-quarter profit grew nearly 54 percent as it refocused its business on key growth areas, such as cybersecurity, energy and health.
  
  
  United States - SAIC - General Motors - Services - Business
  
• Pennsylvania capital, Harrisburg, skips payment, may move closer to bankruptcy (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:22:01 EDT)
  The city of Harrisburg has said that it will not make a $3.3 million municipal bond payment due in two weeks, a decision that could move the Pennsylvania capital closer to bankruptcy.
  
  
  
  Harrisburg Pennsylvania - United States - Law - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms
  
• Manufacturing rebound spurs biggest stock rally in months (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:43:01 EDT)
  Surprisingly good news from the U.S. manufacturing sector Wednesday sent stocks to their biggest rally in months.
  
  
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• Apple revamps iPods for fall product line (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:57 EDT)
  Apple Inc. introduced a new line of iPods today, touting new colors, improved camera functionality and better battery life. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's demonstration of the music players to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
  
  
  Apple - Netflix - Macintosh - Apple II - Television
  
• Apple revamps iPods in fall product line (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:33:01 EDT)
  Apple Inc. introduced a new line of iPods today, touting new colors, improved camera functionality and better battery life. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's demonstration of the music players to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
  
  
  Apple - Netflix - Macintosh - Apple II - Television
  
• Apple Ping: Social network for music (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:25:27 EDT)
  Apple Inc. introduced Ping today, a new social music network, included with iTunes 10. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's introduction of Ping to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
  
  
  
  Apple - iTunes - Social network - Facebook - Steve Jobs
  
• Apple TV: New box for streaming movies, TV unveiled at September event (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:11:22 EDT)
  Apple Inc. announced today a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet. Here is a play-by-play of Steve Job's introduction of Apple TV to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
  
  
  Apple - Steve Jobs - IPod - Netflix - Companies
  
• Apple unveils new box for streaming movies, TV (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:48:35 EDT)
  Apple Inc. announced today a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet. Here is a play by play of Steve Job's introduction of Apple TV to the public. Read more about Apple's fall product line on Faster Forward.
  
  
  Apple - Steve Jobs - IPod - Netflix - Companies
  
• Chief economist calls on Congress to 'finish the job of economic recovery' (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:37:01 EDT)
  Departing White House chief economist Christina Romer urged Congress on Wednesday to "finish the job of economic recovery" by pumping more cash into the economy through additional tax cuts for businesses and middle-class families, as well as fresh investments in the nation's infrastructure.
  
  
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• Metro Washington unemployment holds steady despite job gains (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:06:01 EDT)
  Unemployment in the Washington region remained steady at 6.3 percent from June to July, according to federal government data released Wednesday, despite significant job growth during the past year.
  
  
  
  Washington - United States - Unemployment - Business and Economy - Work
  
• Automakers report weak sales; recession-wary customers steering clear of showrooms (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:32:00 EDT)
  GM and Ford sales dropped in August over last year - caused partly by the weak economy, partly because last years's numbers were spiked by the government incentive program known as Cash for Clunkers.
  
  
  GeneralMotors - Chrysler - Autos - Recreation - Makes and Models
  
• U.S. auto sales hit a deep ditch (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Auto sales were weak in August, partly because of the weak economy, partly because this year's numbers fall well short of last years's numbers, which were spiked by the government incentive program known as "Cash for Clunkers."
  
  
  GeneralMotors - Chrysler - Autos - Recreation - Makes and Models
  
• Political Economy: Exiting Romer to call for more spending (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:29:28 EDT)
  In her final speech as White House chief economist, Christina Romer on Wednesday will call on Congress to summon the political will to approve additional spending on the economy.
  
  
  Economic - Christina Romer - Social Sciences - Barack Obama - Council of Economic Advisers
  
• SEC won't pursue fraud case against Moody's (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:18:00 EDT)
  Moody's, one of three major credit rating firms that misjudged many of the securities at the center of the financial crisis, escaped legal action when regulators said they would not sue the company for fraud despite finding evidence that the firm misled investors.
  
  
  
  Moody - Fraud - Business - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Credit rating agency
  
• Stocks edge up, but Fed report leaves investors wary (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:33:01 EDT)
  NEW YORK - The stock market ended its worst August since 2001 with meager gains Tuesday after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed officials' increasing concern about the economy.
  
  
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• Commerce takes a passon China currency (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:13:03 EDT)
  The agency's decision sidesteps a major sore point in trade relations between the two countries.
  
  
  China - Asia - United States - United States Department of Commerce - Business and Economy
  
• Homes prices up 4.2% in U.S., 7.3% in Washington area (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:03:01 EDT)
  Prices for single-family homes in major U.S. cities rose a modest 4.2 percent in June from a year earlier, but economists cautioned that the bounce was likely due to a now-expired home-buyer tax credit and that prices would likely fall, perhaps dramatically, in the coming months.
  
  
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• For banks, good news on earnings but not risk of failure (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:54:02 EDT)
  Lenders posted their biggest quarterly profit in almost three years, even as the number of banks at risk of failure rose to 11 percent of insured institutions, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Tuesday.
  
  
  
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• Fed leaders had varied views on August policy action (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:41:01 EDT)
  Federal Reserve officials were divided at their Aug. 10 meeting over whether they should resume purchases of Treasury bonds and what impact the move could have on the nation's economy, according to minutes released Tuesday.
  
  
  Politics - United States - Security - Policy - Policy Institutes
  
• Federal spending rises a record 16% in 2009, Census Bureau says (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:01:01 EDT)
  Federal domestic spending increased a record 16 percent to $3.2 trillion in 2009, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday, largely because of a boost in aid to the unemployed and the huge economic stimulus package enacted to rescue the sinking economy.
  
  
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• Political Economy: Home prices increase in 20 major cities, with Washington among the leaders (Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:53:15 EDT)
  U.S. single-family home prices in 20 major cities saw a modest increase of 4.2 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, but economists cautioned that the bounce was likely due to the final days of the tax credit and that prices would likely fall, perhaps dramatically, in the coming months.
  
  
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• Car sales and consumer spending up, but experts not convinced of trend (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:48:00 EDT)
  At first blush, a government report released Monday appeared to offer hope to the nation's struggling auto industry: New-car sales in July fueled an uptick in consumer spending, which had been wheezing for three straight months.
  
  
  
  Consumer spending - Business and Economy - Home - Unemployment - United States Department of Commerce
  
• Obama promises new efforts to boost economy (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:47:01 EDT)
  Under pressure to revive the faltering recovery, President Obama said Monday that he and his economic team are discussing "additional measures" to bolster growth and spur hiring, including "further tax cuts" to encourage businesses to create jobs.
  
  
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• Obama to loosen rules on technology exports (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:19:00 EDT)
  
  
  
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• IMF loosens lending rules to combat crisis (Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:14:00 EDT)
  The International Monetary Fund on Monday further loosened its lending rules in an effort to prevent future financial crises from spreading around the world.
  
  
  Economic - International - Bretton Woods Institutions - International Monetary Fund - United States
  
• 5 years after Katrina, D.C. area hotel firms see gulf business pick up (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:42:00 EDT)
  In the five years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the tourism industry there has struggled to come back. But several Washington area hotel companies are beginning to see a return to profit at their lodgings in the region, after contending with property damage, revenue decline a...
  
  
  
  Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans - United States - Gulf Coast of the United States - Katrina
  
• Knowland Group became one of the fastest-growing companies by taking photos of signs (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:23:02 EDT)
  One of the best things about writing Value Added is that I discover niche businesses that astonish me.
  
  
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• Companies (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:45:00 EDT)
  Navigant Consulting of the District named Jim Speyer and Julie Solomon managing directors.
  
  
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• Neil's Must Reads (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:32:00 EDT)
  Check out the papers presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The papers include one by Carmen and Vincent Reinhart on the prospects for post-crisis growth.
  
  
  Neil Patrick Harris - Neil Marshall - David Burtka - Arts - David Cohen
  
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• Joseph Lynch returns to his military roots (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:41:00 EDT)
  Position: General counsel and corporate secretary of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), an Alexandria-based nonprofit membership organization for current and retired active-duty, National Guard and reserve military officers and their families and survivors.
  
  
  
  United States - Military - US House of Representatives - Massachusetts - Stephen Lynch [D-9]
  
• Face Time: D.C. area tech events (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:40:00 EDT)
  MONDAY Basic Interview Tips. Learn about how to prepare for an interview. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 401 Hungerford Dr., first floor, Rockville. Sponsor: Montgomery County Commission for Women Counseling and Career Center. Cost: $20. Contact: 240-777-8300. Web site: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/c...
  
  
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• Virginia ponders losing ABC stores; studies conflict on privatizing liquor sales (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  RICHMOND -- As Gov. Robert F. McDonnell pushes a proposal to privatize state-owned liquor stores, he has reassured the public that problems associated with drinking would be unlikely to worsen if the state government relinquished control over distilled spirits.
  
  
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• New employee's vacation request will only be a bigger bombshell if she waits (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  I recently accepted a position at a company and have been working here for two weeks. I was unemployed a long time and really love this job. However, I am having an issue over the allotted vacation time. The company only grants two weeks vacation each year, and I long ago purchased a three-week...
  
  
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• USAJobs a good Web source for job hunters, but not all openings are listed (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Derrick T. Dortch, president of the Diversa Group, is a career counselor who specializes in government job searches and military transition. This is adapted from a recent chat at washingtonpost.com.
  
  
  
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• Warren Brown reviews the 2011 BMW 335d (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  CORNWALL, N.Y. It was motorized epiphany, the sudden realization that the seemingly impossible is possible. We can have power, fun in driving and fuel efficiency. All we need is money -- in a rounded sum, at least $44,000. But it's worth it, the 2011 BMW 335d sedan.
  
  
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• The Color of Money: It's unfair to call Social Security a Ponzi scheme (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Perhaps nothing gets some people madder than if you trash their mama or dare to talk about Social Security.
  
  
  Ponzi scheme - Social Security - United States - Politics - Privatization
  
• Back-to-school shopping goes mobile (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Back-to-school shopping deals are just a text message away this year as retailers wade into the brave new world of mobile commerce.
  
  
  Business and Economy - Telecommunications - Mobile phone - Mobile - Communications
  
• New rules for your money (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  In this era of high unemployment, flat home prices and do-it-yourself retirement savings, some traditional rules of saving and investing are due for an overhaul.
  
  
  
  Games - Card Games - Home - Personal Finance - Money Management
  
• Social Security payback option may disappear (Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  A little-known strategy that allows Social Security recipients to boost their income by repaying benefits received in earlier years and then claiming a bigger monthly check based on their greater age may soon disappear. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is moving to eliminate the do-over...
  
  
  Social Security - United States - Politics - Law - Privatization
  
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• HP outbids Dell for 3Par with $1.88 billion offer (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:49:01 EDT)
  SEATTLE - Hewlett-Packard boosted its bid for 3Par to $1.88 billion Friday, topping Dell's offer by 11 percent and again raising the stakes in the bidding contest for the data-storage company.
  
  
  Hewlett-Packard - Dell - HP - HP 3000 - Unix
  
• Microsoft co-founder Allen sues Apple, Google, other tech giants over patents (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:15:01 EDT)
  Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen lobbed a patent violation lawsuit at some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies on Friday, accusing them of using ideas hatched at one of his former businesses.
  
  
  Google - Microsoft - Apple - Paul Allen - Searching
  
• U.S. stocks rebound on better GDP report, Fed comments (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:03:01 EDT)
  U.S. stocks jumped Friday, recovering some of the week's losses, as investors were encouraged by better-than-expected news about economic growth and a renewed commitment from the Federal Reserve to intervene should the economy take a turn for the worse.
  
  
  
  Gross domestic product - Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities
  
• Bernanke: Fed to take dramatic steps if economy deteriorates more than expected (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:01:01 EDT)
  JACKSON, WYO. - With the economy faltering, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Friday he was prepared to take dramatic steps to boost the recovery but only if conditions get worse than he now expects.
  
  
  Ben Bernanke - Economic - Federal Reserve System - Central bank - Deflation
  
• Justice Department clears United, Continental merger for takeoff (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:45:00 EDT)
  The Justice Department greenlighted the planned merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines on Friday, paving the way for the creation of the world's biggest airline.
  
  
  United States - Justice Department - Continental Airlines - United States Department of Justice - Southwest Airlines
  
• Volcker-led economic panel pushes lawmakers to simplify U.S. tax code (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:17:00 EDT)
  American taxpayers spend 7.6 billion hours and roughly $140 billion a year to comply with the bewildering thicket of requirements in the federal tax code, according to a report released Friday by a White House advisory board whose members urged Congress to adopt their ideas for simplifying people...
  
  
  United States - Politics - Taxation - Paul Volcker - President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
  
• Bernanke: Recovery 'less vigorous' than expected but on track (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:17:00 EDT)
  JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke acknowledged in a much-awaited speech Friday that the pace of economic growth "recently appears somewhat less vigorous" than expected, but said that the economy is on track to continue growing and the central bank would only take new...
  
  
  
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• Bernanke: New Fed action only if economy worsens (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:38:00 EDT)
  JACKSON HOLE, WYO. - The Federal Reserve will take new action to bolster the economy only if conditions worsen further, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Friday, adding that he expects a continued economic recovery.
  
  
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• In down economy, owning a vacation home may be more business than pleasure (Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Tina Lambert and her husband wanted an investment that would help them pay for their kids' college tuition someday. When he insisted on paying $49,000 for a condominium in Ocean City in 1997, she worried. But by the middle of this decade, when housing markets were in full boom, the condo's value ...
  
  
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• Amid poor economic indicators, Dow falls below 10,000 for first time since July (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:16:00 EDT)
  NEW YORK - Stocks fell Thursday after early gains from a better report on jobless claims faded in late trading, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its first close below 10,000 since early July.
  
  
  Economic - Social Sciences - Indicators and Statistics - Official Statistics - United States
  
• Report on Fannie, Freddie gives new theory for collapse (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:12:01 EDT)
  A report Thursday by the federal regulator overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac put a new wrinkle in a common explanation for why the mortgage giants collapsed and could complicate efforts to restructure them.
  
  
  
  Fannie Mae - Freddie Mac - United States - Mortgage loan - Real estate
  
• Flow of imports drags down economic growth (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:12:00 EDT)
  The Commerce Department slashed its estimate for U.S. GDP growth in the second quarter from a 2.4 percent annual rate to 1.6 percent, confirming fears that economic growth has slowed to a crawl.
  
  
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• Federal government wants to hit American Airlines with a record fine (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:00:01 EDT)
  The federal government wants to fine American Airlines a record $24.2 million for failing to adequately address a problem with wheel-well wiring that could cause fires in its fleet of 245 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airplanes.
  
  
  American Airlines - United States - Airline - Government - Aviation
  
• Among Democrats, economic pressures are changing tax-cut dynamics (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:34:00 EDT)
  With the economy rapidly weakening, some senior Democrats are having second thoughts about raising taxes on the nation's wealthiest families and are pressing party leaders to consider extending the full array of Bush administration tax cuts, at least through next year.
  
  
  Tax cut - United States - Taxation - Politics - Republican
  
• Foreclosures, delinquencies drop but may climb again (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:37:01 EDT)
  Foreclosures and late payments on home mortgages dropped slightly in the second quarter of this year, but sustained high unemployment and a stalled economic recovery could make the improvement short-lived.
  
  
  
  Foreclosure - Mortgage Bankers Association - Loan - Mortgage loan - Business
  
• 1 in 10 holding mortgages missed payments (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:52:18 EDT)
  Nearly 10 percent of all American homeowners with a mortgage had missed at least one payment this summer, threatening foreclosure, according to fresh data released moments ago by the Mortgage Bankers Association.
  
  
  Loan - Home - Business - Mortgage loan - Mortgage
  
• Japanese anxious on economy after grim reports (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:53:00 EDT)
  TOKYO - Even by the standards of a country that has spent 20 years fretting about its economy, these are especially worrisome times in Japan. Several recent benchmarks - a succession of bad and worse news - have prompted calls for rare government intervention.
  
  
  Japan - Asia - Arts and Entertainment - Social Sciences - History
  
• Credit card reform has companies treading lightly on campus (Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:10:00 EDT)
  Credit card reform came too late for 20-year-old Tamaira Shaw.
  
  
  Credit card - Business - Financial Services - Business and Economy - Merchant Services
  
• Political Economy: Jobless claims fall, but not enough (Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:53:29 EDT)
  Weekly unemployment claims declined Thursday for the first time in a month, but did not fall steeply enough to alleviate ongoing concern about the nation's economic recovery.
  
  
  
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• As economy slows and Fed voices conflict, markets look to Bernanke for guidance (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:02:01 EDT)
  With the housing market retreating, unemployment lingering and top officials at the Federal Reserve in open disagreement over what to do, Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is under rising pressure to offer solutions in an address Friday that is likely to be his most important since the end of the fina...
  
  
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• Equity in your home doesn't translate to net worth (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:32:02 EDT)
  I have my own spin to put on the news that sales of existing homes plunged 27 percent in July: Stop thinking of your home as your cash cow.
  
  
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• SEC gives shareholders more power to nominate board directors (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:58:01 EDT)
  For years, the nation's largest companies - from FedEx and Macy's to AT&T and IBM - have opposed proposed federal rules that would make it easier for shareholders to oust directors on corporate boards. These industry giants have said that the proposed rules would be costly and hurt average in...
  
  
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• New-home sales hit a 40-year low (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:07:03 EDT)
  Sales of newly built homes dropped to their lowest level since the government started tracking the numbers more than four decades ago, with demand for home purchases down in all four regions of the country.
  
  
  
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• Business Digest: Northrop Grumman to cut 642 more shipyard jobs (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:05:01 EDT)
  Northrop Grumman said Wednesday that it plans to lay off 642 workers at its Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard by the end of the year.
  
  
  Northrop Grumman - Business - Shipyard - Maritime - Transportation and Logistics
  
• Carlyle-owned toy supplier seeks Chapter 11 protection (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:32:01 EDT)
  The Carlyle Group suffered a rare setback Wednesday when one of its portfolio companies, toy supplier Oriental Trading Co., filed for bankruptcy protection, citing heavy debt and higher shipping costs.
  
  
  Carlyle Group - United States - Private equity - Merrill Lynch - Latham & Watkins
  
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• Political Economy: Durable goods orders rise a disappointing 0.3 percent (Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:57:56 EDT)
  Spending on big-ticket items rose less than expected in July, a sign that one of the areas of economic strength over the first half of the year -- business investment in equipment -- is starting to fade.
  
  
  Durable good - Economics - Business - Social Sciences - United States Department of Commerce
  
• Fairs help job-seekers with security clearances connect with intelligence firms (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:39:01 EDT)
  Outside a hotel ballroom near Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, about three dozen men and a handful of women lined up one recent morning to get a colored dot - green, blue or red - affixed to their suits and dresses.
  
  
  
  Employment - United States - Business - Business and Economy - Job Search
  
• Sales of existing homes plunge to 15-year-low (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:50:01 EDT)
  Sales of previously built single-family homes plunged in July to their lowest level since May 1995 as job fears trumped low mortgage interest rates and relatively affordable home prices.
  
  
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• Democrats move to shore up faltering recovery (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:17:01 EDT)
  A rapidly weakening economy threatens to undermine President Obama's assertion that he has set the nation on a path to prosperity and, with barely two months until congressional midterm elections, Democrats find themselves with few options for reviving the faltering recovery.
  
  
  United States - Democratic - Politics - Parties - Business
  
• Frank to hold hearing on regulation of Wall Street pay practices (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:00:00 EDT)
  Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that he will hold a hearing this fall to examine whether regulators are being tough enough in curbing pay practices at Wall Street firms that can lead to excessively risky practices.
  
  
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• NIH cannot fund embryonic stem cell research, judge rules (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  A federal judge on Monday blocked the Obama administration from funding human embryonic stem cell research, ruling that the support violates a federal law barring the use of taxpayer money for experiments that destroy human embryos.
  
  
  
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• As egg producers consolidate, problems of just one company can be far-reaching (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  The largest egg recall in U.S. history comes at a point of great consolidation in the egg industry, when a shrinking number of companies produce most of the eggs found on grocery shelves and a defect in one operation can jeopardize a significant segment of the marketplace.
  
  
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• Hybrid hearings in Houston on oil spill is focusing on safety recommendations (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  HOUSTON -- A Transocean rig manager testified Monday that, about a week before the April 20 Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, he challenged his counterparts at BP to explain their decision to swap out the most experienced well-site leader -- or "company man" -- for someone less...
  
  
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• Fed loses review bid on bailout disclosure (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  A U.S. appeals court refused to reconsider a ruling that requires the Federal Reserve Board to disclose documents identifying financial firms that might have failed without the largest U.S. government bailout.
  
  
  Federal Reserve System - Supreme Court of the United States - United States - American International Group - Money
  
• Obama administration targeting ineffective contracts in an effort to trim costs (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  The Obama administration said Monday that it plans to review 26 government information-technology projects worth a total of $30 billion as part of an effort to trim back or cancel contracts that aren't meeting goals.
  
  
  
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• Retail developer Edens & Avant buys 30th Washington-area shopping center (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Edens & Avant, a national retail developer and operator, said Monday it has purchased the Hunters Woods Village Center in Reston for an undisclosed price, an acquisition that brings to 30 the number of Washington area shopping centers owned by the company.
  
  
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• Local Digest (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  ManTech International said Monday that it is reorganizing its top management ranks.
  
  
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• AIG pays back $4 billion of bailout debt (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  American International Group said Monday that it had used $4 billion from a recent debt sale to pay back the U.S. government, marking the single largest cash repayment so far from the bailed out insurance giant.
  
  
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• Gasoline prices hit eight-month low (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  With the end of the summer driving season just around the corner, traders and investors on Monday drove gasoline prices to an eight-month low on U.S. commodities markets, providing the latest sign of pessimism about the economic recovery.
  
  
  
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• Hewlett-Packard seeks to outbid Dell for data storage firm 3Par (Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Hewlett-Packard is bidding $1.5 billion for data storage provider 3Par, offering 33 percent more than what rival Dell agreed to pay for the company just a week earlier.
  
  
  Hewlett-Packard - Dell - Hardware - Storage - HP
  
• Last phase of credit card reform law in place, taking aim at penalty fees (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:56:00 EDT)
  The sweeping reform of the credit card industry was finally completed Sunday as the last pieces of the landmark federal law designed to stop unfair or deceptive practices took effect.
  
  
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• INSIDER TRANSACTIONS (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  
  
  
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• 'Yoga wars' spoil spirit of ancient practice, Indian agency says (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  NEW DELHI -- Heard of Naked Yoga? Kosher Yoga? Yoga for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
  
  
  
  Yoga - Religion and Spirituality - Teachers and Centers - United States - Canada
  
• Proliferation of old-style coal plants increases despite public outcry (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  WYODAK, WYO. -- Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come.
  
  
  Coal - Energy - Technology - Fossil fuel - Business
  
• Firms that recently filed for bankruptcy (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  These firms recently filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's local clerk of court offices.
  
  
  Law - United States - Bankruptcy - Services - Lawyers and Law Firms
  
• Face Time: D.C. area tech events (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  MONDAY Know Your Equal Employment Rights. Gerrianne Crenshaw, who works on mediation and dispute resolution issues for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will discuss EEOC's role in investigating discrimination complaints and enforcing laws against workplace discrimination. 9:45 to...
  
  
  Bodypainting - Facepainting - Bodyart - Arts - Security
  
• Featured Advertiser (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  
  
• Appointments (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Gannett of McLean named Travis Fore , former senior vice president of sales and service at Network Solutions, vice president of local digital sales for its U.S. community publishing unit.
  
  
  
  England - Windows - Shareware - Health - Business and Economy
  
• Neil Irwin's must-read list (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota, in a speech last week that drew news coverage for saying that markets wrongly interpreted the Fed's last policy move, also delivered an interesting explanation of how the central bank makes decisions.
  
  
  Neil Irwin - Arts - United States - Jean-Paul Sartre - Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  
• Establishment candidates in Arizona, Florida rally against 'outsider' rivals (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Tuesday's primaries in Arizona and Florida appear likely to deliver a few surprises -- surprises, that is, for anyone who accepted the conventional wisdom of just a few months ago.
  
  
  Arizona - Florida - Organizations - Bill McCollum - Law
  
• South Korea free trade pact back on U.S. agenda (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  NAPERVILLE, ILL. -- The message may have been familiar recently when the local Chamber of Commerce took up a proposed free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.
  
  
  South Korea - Asia - Government - Embassies and Consulates - United States
  
• Federal investigators again try to question BP spill witnesses (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  A federal investigative panel will begin its next round of hearings Monday into the Deepwater Horizon disaster and call witnesses who can address alleged shortcuts in the drilling of the BP oil well, problems with the failed blowout preventer and the confused scene after an explosion on the rig.
  
  
  
  Oil spill - Business - Environment - Transocean - BP
  
• Financial news schedule: Aug. 23-29 (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  A steady drumbeat of data is coming out this week, but Friday is the big day for economy watchers.
  
  
  Business and Economy - Sports - Breaking News - Canada - Investing
  
• Bethesda firm Host chasing high-end hotels (Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  Bethesda's Host Hotels & Resorts plans to raise $400 million by selling stock, giving the company even more ability to continue its recent run of acquisitions and join other hotel chains that are taking advantage of an industry full of buying opportunities.
  
  
  Maryland - United States - Hotel - Travel and Tourism - Law
  
• $1.5 billion farm-aid proposal assailed as relief for Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  The Obama administration is seeking $1.5 billion in disaster relief for farmers, a move that could boost the reelection prospects of Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) but that critics say circumvents established procedures.
  
  
  Blanche Lincoln - Senate - United States - Government - Legislative Branch
  
• RNC has just $5 million on hand (Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT)
  The Republican National Committee spent twice as much as it raised in July, leaving the committee with just over $5 million on hand with less than three months before the 2010 midterm elections.
  
  
  
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• Death On Our shores (Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  As a foreign company, BP may suffer harsher treatment at the hands of consumers and lawmakers.

  
  

  
  
  
• Death On Our shores (Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  As a foreign company, BP may suffer harsher treatment at the hands of consumers and lawmakers.

  
  

  
  
  
• Dialing for Dollars (Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  

  
  

  
  
  
• Happy Feet (Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  

  
  

  
  
  
• The Reluctant Recovery (Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  How gloom is hobbling the economy.

  
  

  
  
  
• The Politics of Parsimony (Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  How politicians worldwide are buying votes by cutting spending.

  
  

  
  
  
• The Richer Sex (Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  Companies had better cater to women.

  
  

  
  
  
• Victoria’s Secret’s Secret (Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  The man behind the company that made lingerie mainstream and mall-friendly.

  
  

  
  
  
• Boycott BP! (Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  Because it's so much better to give your money to Exxon.

  
  

  
  
  
• ‘Know What You Don’t Know' (Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT)
  The CEO of Cisco Systems on the future of leadership.

  
  

  
  
  

• Asia stocks rise as U.S. data soothes fears (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:30:47 -0400)
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose to a two-week high, with Japan's Nikkei briefly rising more than 2 percent, as strong U.S. manufacturing data further soothed worries about the global economy.

  
  

  
  
  
• China digs for ways to stymie BHP's Potash Corp bid (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:19:47 -0400)
  MELBOURNE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China is stepping up attempts to hamper BHP Billiton's $39 billion hostile offer for Potash Corp, amid worries about future supplies of fertilizer it needs to rapidly boost food production.

  
  

  
  
  
• GM roadshow to begin after elections: sources (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:16:35 -0400)
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Automaker General Motors Co plans to begin courting investors for its initial public offering immediately after the November 2 U.S. midterm congressional elections, two sources familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.

  
  

  
  
  
• Apple TV takes aim at Web-connected living room (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:28:46 -0400)
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a smaller, cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday, stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.

  
  

  
  
  
• Consumer bankruptcies fell 8 percent in August (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:11:23 -0400)
  BANGALORE (Reuters) - Bankruptcies filings by consumers fell 8 percent in August but still remained on track to top 1.6 million filings in 2010, according to a report by the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).

  
  

  
  
  
• Sinochem hires HSBC regarding Potash options: report (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:46:51 -0400)
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's Sinochem has hired HSBC bank to advise it on its options regarding Potash Corp , the target of a $38.6 billion hostile bid from BHP Billiton, the Wall Street Journal reported on its blog on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the situation.

  
  

  
  
  
• Crisis panel chair: Politics may have doomed Lehman (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:46:55 -0400)
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials appeared to have made a policy decision not to bail out Lehman Brothers, the head of a panel investigating the financial crisis said on Wednesday, challenging the view of regulators that they had no legal authority to help.

  
  

  
  
  
• A&P mulling sale of Food Emporium chain: report (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:10:31 -0400)
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co , which operates the struggling A&P supermarket chain, is mulling the sale of its Food Emporium stores to boost liquidity, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

  
  

  
  
  
• SEC probes cancelled trades in flash crash: report (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:46:53 -0400)
  (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulator is looking into a Wall Street trading practice in which unusually large numbers of orders to buy or sell stocks are placed in a fraction of a second, only to be canceled almost immediately, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

  
  

  
  
  
• Oil slips as investors eye U.S. jobs reports (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:08:53 -0400)
  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil dipped on Thursday as investors turned their attention to upcoming U.S. employment reports, following gains of almost 3 percent a day earlier after positive manufacturing data lifted spirits across markets.

  
  

  
  
  

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• Maker of Botox Settles Inquiry (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:20:36 GMT)
  Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold Botox for unapproved uses.
  
  
  
• Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:31:15 GMT)
  Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.
  
  
  
• Monetary Fund Warns G-7 on Debt Levels (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:33:32 GMT)
  The world’s most developed economies face record levels of debt as a result of the 2008-9 financial crisis and have little room to maneuver, the I.M.F. warned.
  
  
  
• Of Two Minds About Books (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:04:41 GMT)
  The book business tries to serve two readers, the one who loves the tactile page and the one who loves the digital ease.
  
  
  
• From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:10:54 GMT)
  Apple on Wednesday introduced a social media service geared to music lovers that is built into iTunes, revamped its lineup of iPods and unveiled an upgraded version of its set-top box.
  
  
  
• Stimulus Averted Depression, Romer Says (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:02:23 GMT)
  Christina D. Romer also gave her most detailed explanation yet for why her original forecast that unemployment would peak at 8 percent “was so far off.”
  
  
  
• Financial Crisis Panel Lends Sympathetic Ear to Lehman’s Ex-Chief (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:11:53 GMT)
  Without federal help, Lehman was not able to wind down operations in an orderly manner, which aggravated the global crisis, the former chief executive said.
  
  
  
• F.C.C. Seeks More Input on Wireless Internet Rules (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:10:28 GMT)
  The F.C.C.’s decision to seek more comments on preserving an open and competitive Internet precludes any agency action before the midterm elections.
  
  
  
• Sales Fell in August for Carmakers (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:14:48 GMT)
  Most major automakers reported significantly lower sales last month from August 2009 when “cash for clunkers” caused a surge in demand.
  
  
  
• Burger King Has Suitors From Brazil (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:10:54 GMT)
  Burger King Holdings is in advanced talks to sell itself to 3G Capital, a Brazilian investment firm.
  
  
  
• Stocks and Bonds: Wall Street Surges After Good Reports (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:30:03 GMT)
  Wall Street surged out of the gate and then kept going, fueled by upbeat economic news from Australia, China and, somewhat surprisingly, American manufacturing.
  
  
  
• Data Show China Growth Merely Moderating (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:28:07 GMT)
  Manufacturing activity in China picked up a notch in August, figures released on Wednesday showed, supporting the view that the country's economy is by no means screeching to a halt.
  
  
  
• China Will Require ID for Cellphone Numbers; Noncompliance Means No Service (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:28:55 GMT)
  The government is looking to curb cellphone spam, pornography and fraud schemes.
  
  
  
• State of the Art: Your Own Hot Spot, and Cheap (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:30:42 GMT)
  Virgin Mobile’s MiFi is nearly like the ones offered by Sprint and Verizon but with three exceptions: an unlimited data plan, no contract and a $40-a-month service fee.
  
  
  
• Small-Business Guide: How to Choose and Work With a Mentor (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:10:16 GMT)
  Suggestions from business owners on the best strategies to building strong and effective mentoring relationships.
  
  
  
• App Smart: How to Get Loyalty Card Prices Without Loyalty Cards (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:54:21 GMT)
  Two apps, Cardstar and Key Ring, serve as repositories for your loyalty shopping card numbers. You just hand your phone to the cashier at checkout.
  
  
  
• Advertising: Scholastic Books Revamps Its Marketing (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:10:42 GMT)
  The company said it wanted to keep better track of teachers who were new or who had departed and use more methods of communication.
  
  
  
• How Baby Fever Spreads Through Offices (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:33:46 GMT)
  A new study out of Sweden finds that women workers are more likely to have babies if their co-workers also recently had babies.
  
  
  
• Why Labor Day Is Best for Buying a Car (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:19:19 GMT)
  Why Labor Day is traditionally the best time to buy a car and how the deals this holiday compare to last year.
  
  
  
• How I Saved My Company: Tolosa Press Community Newspapers (Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:59:04 GMT)
  A newspaper company survives a very tough economy in a very tough industry.
  
  
  
• Fresh Air for Sale in Hong Kong (Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:12:51 GMT)
  A tongue-in-cheek commercial from an anti-pollution group delivers a message about what the city’s pollution could portend.
  
  
  

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